Why do I get “Error parsing HTTP request header” when POSTing a JSON string?

Question

I am trying to send a POST request from browser to my server(local host). My request URL is :

 http://localhost:8080/myPath/myServlet?requestData={          


        

Answer 1

IMHO the problem of parsing the headers can be caused by numerous reasons.

In my case it was due to the fact that the following XML was passed:

The empty header element was generated by SoapUI. After the removal of the from the XML of the WS then everything was fine.